I think you're more likely to find new metaphors on mobile devices (such as iPhone) than on the desktop computer. There, I have a feeling that we've reached our QWERTY point: as with that keyboard layout, the current approach is ubiquitous, fairly well understood, and works adequately, so deviations from it are unlikely to become mainstream. I think we're looking at many years of incremental refinement -- graphical enhancement, visual effects, etc. -- and nothing in the way of fundamental change. On other kinds of devices, the field is wide-open.
I also feel like you didn't made the case for needing a new metaphor. New applications and functionality are emerging constantly. In what way does the desktop limit anybody other than creative OS designers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42903 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
